Whitley Castle (Epiacum) is a large, unusually shaped Roman fort (Latin: castra) north-west of the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. The castrum, which...
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Whitley Bay is a seaside town in the North Tyneside borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly governed as part of Northumberland and has been...
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Alauna (Maryport) Arbeia (South Shields) Coria (Corbridge) Epiacum (Whitley Castle near Alston) Vindolanda (Little Chesters or Chesterholm) Vindomora (Ebchester)...
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professor. He is president of the Friends of Epiacum, also known as Whitley Castle, the Roman fort on the southern edge of Northumberland which he has...
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Evidence of Roman activity in the area comes from the earth ramparts of Whitley Castle, thought to be the Roman fort (Castra) of Epiacum built and rebuilt...
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conquest, or it may be linked to the burning of the large hill fort at Castle Hill, Huddersfield, c. 430 BC. Territorially the largest tribe in Britain...
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by Gaius Vitellius Atticianus, Centurion of the Legio VI Victrix, at Whitley Castle (Epiacum), illustrated above left. - Dis Manibus Gai Iuli Galeria tribu...
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Others, such as Melandra Castle, Reculver Castle, Richborough Castle and Whitley Castle, are Roman forts, whilst Daw's Castle is a Saxon burh. None of...
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exceptional Roman finds in its museum Vindobala, Roman fort at Rudchester Whitley Castle, also known as Epiacum, a Roman fort at the southern edge of Northumberland...
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Maiden Way ran from Bravoniacum (Kirkby Thore) to the fort at Epiacum (Whitley Castle) with its remarkable ramparts, and on to the Hadrian's Wall fort of...
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continues down the valley of the South Tyne, past the Roman fort of Whitley Castle, to Slaggyford and Knarsdale. Above the village of Lambley the trail...
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joined by the Maiden Way coming from the fort of Epiacum (also known as Whitley Castle) near Alston to the south. From Magnis, the road turns towards the southwest...
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defensive line of Saxon Shore forts such as Brancaster (Branodunum), Burgh Castle (Gariannonum) near Great Yarmouth, Lympne (Portus Lemanis) and Pevensey...
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Hadrian's Wall, via the intermediate fort of Epiacum (also known as Whitley Castle) roughly half-way between the two. William Bainbridge wrote an early...
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cohorts based along the Rhine border. Altars found at the Roman fort of Whitley Castle in Northumberland, also known as Epiacum, bear inscriptions showing...
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Hardknott Roman Fort (redirect from Hardknott Castle)
in the Roman province of Britannia, the highest fort is Epiacum or Whitley Castle, just over the border from Cumbria in Northumberland, at an altitude...
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Borrowbridge with the fort to the north at Kirkby Thore, and thence to Whitley Castle and then Carvoran on Hadrian's Wall. Tebay was the home of the prophetess...
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Hill Roman Camps, are in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. Whitley Castle in Northumberland, also known as Epiacum, is a Roman fort that also...
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Castra (category Castles by type)
Castle has the same derivation, from the diminutive castellum or "little fort", but does not usually indicate a former Roman camp. Whitley Castle however...
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Rudchester (Vindobala), Stanwix (Uxelodunum), Whilton Lodge (Bannaventa) and Whitley Castle (Epiacum). Some Welsh names for places in England may have ancient etymologies...
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Spanish City (redirect from Spanish City, Whitley Bay)
The Spanish City is a dining and leisure centre in Whitley Bay, a seaside town in North Tyneside, Tyne & Wear, England. Erected as a smaller version of...
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name for the fort, Dun Scathiag, is derived from hers. List of castles in Scotland Whitley Stokes, ‘The Training of Cúchulainn’, Revue Celtique, 29 (1908)...
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Maiden Way Roman road led north from Bravoniacum to the fort of Epiacum (Whitley Castle) near Alston, and thence to Magnae (Carvoran) on Hadrian's Wall, where...
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> History Route North from Kirkby Thore via Maiden Way : Epiacum ( Whitley Castle, near Alston, Cumbria) - Hadrian's Wall. Lake District via Margary route...
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road, the Maiden Way, that ran north across Alston Edge to the fort at Whitley Castle (Epiacum) and on to the one at Carvoran on the Wall. In the south of...
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Lead was probably mined in Roman times. The Romans built a fort at Whitley Castle, known to the Romans as Epiacum, and pieces of lead ore and slag have...
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An intermediate fort halfway between the two on the Maiden Way was Whitley Castle or Epiacum, just north of Alston, Cumbria. Five hundred Hamian archers...
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Communion (1989 film) (category Films based on works by Whitley Strieber)
American science fiction horror film based on the book of the same name by Whitley Strieber in 1987. Starring Christopher Walken and Frances Sternhagen, it...
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Flint Castle (Welsh: Castell y Fflint) in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales...
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Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay to the north; Tynemouth Castle Lighthouse was then demolished. At the end of the 19th century the castle was used as a barracks...
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